The Shape of Water
Andrea Camilleri
Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Paperback
20 August 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
The Shape of Water is the first in Andrea Camilleri's wry, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series, featuring Inspector Montalbano.
When the body of respected and prominent engineer Silvio Luparello is discovered in the Pasture, a rubbish-strewn site brimming with drug dealers and prostitutes, the coroner’s verdict is death from natural causes – refreshingly unusual for Sicily.
But Inspector Salvo Montalbano of...
Details
20 August 2020256 pages
9781529042023Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superbSunday Times
Montalbano's colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction todayGuardian
One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writersDaily Mail
